Monthly Archives: March 2009

Well, not entirely for free—you need to get your hands on a copy of the May issue of Shonen Jump, so you can find out the secret password. Then enter it on the Shonen Jump website and through May 5, … Continue reading →

God Len posts this week’s new releases at Japanator. And here is a rundown on the April list from Digital Manga, including the first volumes in their new DokiDoki imprint. (Image is vol. 1 of Train Train, one of the … Continue reading →

Yoshihiro Tatsumi, creator of The Push Man, Abandon the Dead in Tokyo, and, most recently, A Drifting Life, will be making appearances in New York and Toronto in late April/early May. Deb Aoki has all the details. Also, The Onion’s … Continue reading →

Lissa Pattillo links to the first sighting of one of CLAMP’s mangettes (mini-manga) on Amazon.jp; for those who have forgotten (the project was announced in July 2007), Dark Horse will be publishing the short manga simultaneously in Japan, Korea, and … Continue reading →

Rivkah questions my use of the term “OEL manga” in the piece I wrote for PWCW, saying “I didn’t realize anybody still called it that.” Admittedly, it’s a bit dated, and I usually use the term “global manga,” but in … Continue reading →

The first volume of Svetlana Chmakova’s Nightschool is out, and I talk to Svet, Yen Press honcho Kurt Hassler, and editor JuYoun Lee about the creation of the book and changing attitudes about global manga in this week’s PWCW. There’s … Continue reading →